Who invented the term 'Sprung rhythm' ?
Correct answer: A. Hopkins
- A. Hopkins
- B. Tennyson
- C. Browning
- D. Wordsworth
Explanation
Gerard Manley Hopkins coined and used the term “sprung rhythm” for a flexible rhythm based on stressed syllables rather than regular metrical feet. It is especially associated with poems such as “Pied Beauty.”
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